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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Tuna in on the I. A. A. Forum from Statien 

 WLS every Tuesday nicht at 6:30 p. m^ 

 Central Standard Time. 



The daily (arm program of the I. A. A. from 

 SUtioo WJJD, Mooseheart (264 metera is 

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

 Monday to Friday inclusive. Hear the daily 

 Cliicago livestoclc 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 

 thouckt ara broadcast daily. 



"Resolved that every farm youth should 

 marry a farm girl" was the subject of a 

 debate on the I. A. A. radio Forum Tues- 

 day night, January 21, at 6:30 P. M. De- 

 baters came from Logan county and are 

 active members of the Farm Bureau Forum 

 organized by Farm Adviser J. H. Check- 

 ley and A. B. Culp. Clem Garton and 

 Oscar Mountjoy comprised the affirmative 

 team while Jack Lauer and O. D. Brisenden ' 

 spoke for the negative. The radio audi- 

 ence was asked to be the judge. The de- 

 cision will be announced the following 

 Tuesday night, January 28, during the 

 Forum period. 



Annual Meeting of Illinois Agricultural Association 



'^^OTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of Illinois 



'^^ Agricultural Association will be held at the Majestic Theatre, in Springfield, 



Illinois, on the 30th day of January, 1930, at 9 o'clock a. m., for the following 

 purposes: 



For the consideration and vote upon approval and ratification of the reports of 

 the president, secretary, and treasurer of the association, and the acts of the executive 

 committee and officers in furtherance of the matters therein set forth, since the last 

 annual meeting of the members of the association. 



To approve, ratify and confirm the several purchases heretofore made by this 

 association of stocks and evidences of indebtedness of corporations, whose activities 

 will directly or indirectly promote agriculture, or the interests of those engaged therein. 



To secure consent and authorization to acquire on behalf of this association, 

 by purchase, certain stocks and evidences of indebtedness of corporations, whose 

 activities will directly or indirectly promote agriculture, or the interests of those 

 engaged therein. 



To elect seven members to the executive committee for two-year terms. 



To elect a president and vice-president. 



To consider the amendment of the Articles of Association of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association. 



To consider the amendment of the by-laws of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation. 



For the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the 

 meeting. 



Jan. 2, 19)0. GEO. E. METZGER, 



Chicago, III. Secretary. 



Quad-City Dairymen 



Join New Co-operative 



Quality Milk Association Making 

 Headway 



PROGRESS in organizing the 2,000 

 whole milk shippers in the Rock Island, 

 Davenport, Moline territory is reported by 

 A. D. Lynch, dairy marketing director who 

 recently returned from a conference with 

 dairy leaders in the quad-city milk shed, at 

 Rock Island. 



Approximately 200 members from Rock 

 Island county alone have already joined the 

 new collective bargaining organization 

 known as the Quality Milk Association. 

 The counties interested in the new co- 

 operative are Rock Island, 'Whiteside, 

 Henry, and Mercer in Illinois and Musca- 

 tine, Scott, Cedar, and Clinton in Iowa. 

 Dairymen of these eight counties supply ap- 

 proximately 175,000 consumers in the cities 

 of Rock Island, Davenport, Moline, East 

 Moline, and others in the industrial sec- 

 tions stretched out along the river. 



The average consiunption per capita on 

 the quad-city market b only .72 pints. Ac- 

 cording to Mr. Lynch this average can be 

 greatly increased by a joint advertising 

 campaign between the dairymen and the 

 dealers. 



The organization will be set up on the 

 same plan used by the fluid milk co-opera- 

 tives in Chicago, Peoria, Bloomington, and 

 Champaign. The Farm Bureaus in each 

 county are taking charge of the solicitation 

 work among their whole milk producers. 

 This is 2 growing market because of the ex- 

 tensive industrial development on bokh sides 

 of the river. With the opening up of the 



District Meeting at Galesburg 



SEVENTY-SIX attended the I. A. A. dis- 

 trict conference at Galesburg on De- 

 cember 17. 



Taxation, direct buying of livestock, hog 

 cholera control, the co-operative marketing 

 of soybeans, the Federal Farm Board, and 

 Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom's un- 

 popular decision that farm tractors driving 

 on the public highways to do custom work 

 must have a state license were among the 

 questions considered. Attention was di- 

 rected to the recent court decision that a 

 farmer is liable for damages if he shoots 

 a neighbor's dog in his sheep pasture. It 

 was suggested that the I. A. A. legislative 

 committee look into both questions. 



A. N. Skinner of the I. A. A. executive 

 committee and D. H. Myers, president of 

 the Adams County Farm Bureau discussed 

 the Federal Farm Board and its work. Mri 

 Skinner expressed confidence in the leader- 

 ship of Chairman Legge and in the sin- 

 cerity of all members of the board. 



John C. Watson discussed tax history 

 and the need for a modern revenue system 

 in Illinois. R. J. Hamilton, district organ- 

 ization manager, also attended. 



The discussion opposed direct buying of 

 livestock as antagonistic to farmer's efforts 

 in co-operative marketing. Knox, Schuy- 

 ler, Adams, Henry, and Fulton counties 

 were represented. 



Don't forget to ask for fare and one-half 

 rates when you go to the I. A. A. meeting 

 at Springfield, Jan. 29-30-31. All steam 

 and electric roads are offering reduced fares. 

 Come early and be settled before the crowd 

 arrives. It's going to be a great convention. 



Mississippi for deep water navigation a 

 further boom in population is expected. 



Champaign County 



Loses Farm Leader 



FARMERS throughout central Illinois 

 mourn the sudden death of Louis S. 

 Burwash, prominent in agricultural activi- 

 ties in Champaign county and president of 

 the Champaign County Milk Producers. 

 The official organ of the Champaign County 

 Farm Bureau says of him: 



"Louis Burwash was unusually well liked 

 in his community and throughout the 

 county. He was a good neighbor, always 

 companionable, and was interested in all 

 the problems of his local community, as 

 well as having an intelligent interest in the 

 larger problems confronting agriculture. 



"Louis Burwash was himself a good 

 farmer, which gave others confidence in 

 him. He led in the development of Farm 

 Bureau units, the first meeting of the 

 Savoy unit being held at his home. He 

 served as director of this unit during its 

 formational period. He had not only the 

 vision for organized agriculture, but cour- 

 age, faith, intelligence, and a driving force 

 which made him a man who accomplished 

 things. He saw the value of the work be- 

 fore it was widely recognized as it is to- 

 day." 



Mr. Burwash was a comparatively young 

 man, a graduate of the University of Illi- 

 nois, and was in excellent health until his 

 sudden illness from indigestion. A subse- 

 quent operation proved fatal. 



Two hundred and twenty Farm Bureau 

 members in Peoria, Stark, Henry and Knox 

 counties have employed Forest A. Fisher, 

 farm adviser in Morgan county, to super- 

 vise their new farm management service. 

 Mr. Fisher is the retiring president of the 

 farm advisers' association. 



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