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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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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 1. A. A. from 

 Station WJJD, Mooseheart (264 meters is 

 hroadcasi between 12:00 and 12:20 ' p. m., 

 Monday 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 are broadcast daily. 



"Resolved that every f.irni youth should 

 m.irry a farm girl" was the subject of a 

 debate on the I. .\. 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. Gulp. 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 2S, during the 

 Forum period. 



Annual Meeting of Illinois Agricultural Association 



T^TOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of Illinois 



■* ' Agricultural Association will be held at the M.ijestic Theatre, in Springfield, 



Illinois, on the 30th day uf 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 

 commitiec and oHicers 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, certam stocks and evidences of indebtedness of corporations, whose 

 activities will directly or indirectly promote asriculturc, 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 A};ricultural Asso- 

 ciation. 



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

 meeting. 



Jan. :, 1910. GEO. E. MF.TZGER, 



Chicago, 111. .Serrc/jrv 



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Quad-City Dairymen 



Join Ne^v Co-operative 



Quality Milk Association Making 

 Headway 



PROGRESS in organizing the 2,000 

 whole milk shippers in the Rock Island, 

 Davenport, Molinc 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 froth 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- 

 tirt.e, 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 consumption per capita on 

 the quad-city market is 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 he set up on the 

 same plan used by the fluid milk co-opera- 

 tives in Chicago, Peoria, Bioomington, and 

 Champaign. The Farm Bureaus in each 

 county are taking charge of the solicitation 

 work among their whole milk producers.' 

 This is a growing market because of the ex- 

 tensive industrial development on bo»h sides 

 of the river. XX'ith the opening up of the 



District Meeting at Galesburg 



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

 trict conference at Galesburg on De- 



Icember 17. 



] Taxation, direct buying of livestock, hog 

 cholera control, the co-operative marketing 

 of soybeans, the Federal Farm Board, and 

 .Attorney General Oscar Carlscrom'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 rece^it 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. 



.•\. X. 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. Mr. 

 Skinner expressed confidence in the leader- 

 ship of Chairman I.cgge and in the sin- 

 cerity of all members of the board. 



John C. >X'atson discussed tax history 

 and the need for a modern revenue system 

 in Illinois. R. J. 1 ianiilton, 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, Ilciirv, 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 

 iat SpringtR-ld, Jan. 29-50-31. All steam 

 and electric roails arc offering reduced fares. 

 Come early and be settled before the crowd 

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



Champaign County 



Loses Farm Leader 



F.'XR.MERS 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 

 companionafcle, 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 

 tnrmational 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- 



.\lr. 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. 



'Mississippi for deep water navigation a 

 further boom in population is expected. 



I'wo 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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