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Number 1 



January, 1930 



Volume 8 



Sectional Conferences 



Are Always Interesting 



Five Thursday Afternoon Meetings 

 Planned 



FIVE sectional conferences will be held 

 between 1:00 and 4:00 P. M. on 

 Thursday afternoon, Jan, 30. These will 

 be devoted to Marketing, Public Relations, 

 Organization and Information, Financial 

 Business Service, and Home and Com- 

 munity. 



The marketing conference promises to be 

 of unusual interest in view of the rapid 

 development in that field during recent 

 months. Members of the Federal Farm 

 Board hav& been invited to attend the con- 

 vention and any who come will be given 

 an opportunity to speak either during the 

 marketing conference or at some other ses- 

 sion of the convention. 



Problems of organization will be given 

 a prominent place at the Organization-In- 

 formation conference. There will be a 

 short discussion on publicity. 



Program For Women 



Mrs. Homer Johnson, president of the 

 Ilhnois Home Bureau Federation, has framed 

 an elaborate program for the women at the 

 Home and Community conference. This 

 program is presented more fully elsewhere. 



The business and commercial activities of 

 the I. A. A. and associated companies 

 naturally will be considered at the Financial 

 Business Service meeting. 



Legislation, taxation, and transportation 

 problems will be the drawing card for those 

 who attend the Public Relations confer- 

 ence. 



In past years many counties have fol- 

 lowed the practice of organizing their dele- 

 gations so that at least one from each 

 county attended the various conferences. 

 This practice is resulting in keeping every 

 county in close touch with problems before 

 the state organization and with experiences 

 and developments in other counties. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Ins. Co. 



"Received your check today and I am 

 well satisfied. I appreciate the promptness 

 in the way you handled this matter." 



C. J. Talbott, 

 Kirkwood, Warren County, 111. 



LAST CALL 

 This is the last call for reservations 

 for rooms, banquet and luncheon 

 tickets for the 1. A. A. annual meeting. 

 If you have not already done so, write 

 the Sangamon County Farm Bureau, 

 Springfield, at once. Send check with 

 your order for dinner and luncheon 

 reservations. Tickets are $1.50 each. 



/. A. C. A. Meeting 



The annual meeting of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Co-operatives Association on Jan- 

 uary 29 will convene at 1:00 P. M., as in- 

 dicated in the program on page 2. 



Talks will be made by George Jewett, 

 president of the Transportation Bank of 

 Chicago, and Harrison Fahrnkopf, director 

 of Grain Marketing for the I. A. A. Presi- 

 dent George L. Potter of Graymont will 

 preside. Following the talks there will be 

 an open discussion on three questions, as 

 follows: 



1. Natural fiscal years. 



2. Preliminary checking to utilize spare 

 time of the staflf. 



3. Organization work by member com- 

 panies. 



Following the reports of the various com- 

 mittees, directors will be elected for the en- 

 suing year. 



Delegates! 



Soon after their arrival voting delegates 

 should go to the east end of the lobby in 

 the Abraham Lincoln hotel and obtain their 

 credentials. All accredited delegates will 

 be provided with free tickets for the ban- 

 quet on Thursday night and for the lunch- 

 eon the following day. 



^^^'COMif 



Lively Baseball Meet 



Expected At Capitol 



A LIVELY time is expected at the an- 

 nual meeting of the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau Baseball League, Wednesday morn- 

 ing, Jan. 29. 



While the League operated more smooth- 

 ly with its 21 member teams last season 

 than ever before, a nimiber of problems 

 were taken before the state arbitration com- 

 mittee for final settlement. More definite 

 legislation undoubtedly will be asked for at 

 the coming meeting to clear up misunder- 

 standings and moot questions. 



For the first time in its history the 

 League voted to compel deposits of $25 

 each from the various teams to insure ful- 

 filment of scheduled games. Failure to re- 

 port for a regularly scheduled game, or 

 to make satisfactory postponement arrange- 

 ments, would have resulted in a forfeiture 

 of the $25 deposit. This provision had a 

 salutary afFect in making all teams ad- 

 here closely to their schedules. 



As in past years eligibility, the method 

 of playing off the semi-final and final games, 

 umpiring, and interpretation of rules and 

 by-laws are questions expected to come 

 before the business session. The entire 

 meeting will be devoted to League business. 

 No speaker has been scheduled. 



Election Directors 



The nomination of I. A. A. executive com- 

 mitteemen from the even-numbered dis- 

 tricts will be held on Thursday afternoon at 

 4:00 P. M. The place for holding each 

 district conference will be found on page 

 2. Delegates from the odd-nimibered dis- 

 tricts will hold short business sessions. 



Following are the executive committee- 

 men from the even numbered districts: 

 12th, G. F. Tullock; 14th. M. G. Lambert; 

 16th, A. R. Wright; 18th, R. F. Karr; 

 20th, Charles S. Black; 22nd, Frank 

 Oexner; and 24th, Charles Marshall. The 

 executive committeemen are elected for 

 two-year terms. The election will take place 

 after the dinner Thursday night. 



Harry C. Butcher recently left the Na- 

 tional Fertilizer Association to accept a job 

 as Washington representative of the Colum- 

 bia Broadcasting Cqmpany. 



