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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



/. A. A. four Way Program 



(CiintinueJ from page 91 

 l.ict'i ind linurci rcu.irdinj; tlie Illini)i% 

 Farm Supply C"o., Country 1 itc lln^urAiice 

 Co.. ,inJ tlio Illinois A:;ni.ultur,li Service 

 Co., were presented in like manndr. These 

 jre i;iven elsewhere in this issue aid in tin- 

 "•O p.Kc Annual Report for 1929. 



"While we all should and do ftcl proud 

 of the successes and attainments of these 

 so-called commercial services," said Smith, 

 "we must not be unmindful that! they are 

 all incidental to, and not the main justifica- 

 tion for the ori;ani/ation of farmers." 



Doubles in Size | 



Rcfcrrins to the year's progrcts of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance 

 Company Mr. Smith pointed out that a 

 vear a.i^o this company reporter havin>; 

 11.121 policyholders. On January! 1, 19.^0. 

 19,072 policies had been issued. The com- 

 pany closed the year 1929 with (issets to- 

 tallini; $427,185 and a net \vor'th of 

 S'4,370. 



That tlie company has been levcloped 

 and operated alons safe and conservative 

 lines IS best disclosed by the fhct, that 

 should i( be dissolved as of January 1. not 

 only would the policyholders receive a re- 

 turn of all investments in surplus shares 

 and premium deposits, but would share 

 equitably in the distribution of the net 

 worth of the company. 



National and State Problfems 



The various steps in the development of 

 a national |so|icy lor a^riculture, and the 

 state ta.\ firoblen) ne\t were dealt with in 

 detail by President Smith. The history, 

 views, and policies set forth are well known 

 to most mc-mbers. 



Should trill aiui practical c iperience 

 develop the necessity of amending he Mar- 

 keting; Aot, or supplementinj; it w th addi- 

 tional legislation so as to make effective 

 the full aims and purposes of tie policv 

 declared by Congress," he said, ['farmers 

 will be fully prepared and lustilioilj in seek 

 1 ;:■..: such chanijcs." 



BASEBALL OFFICERS 



27 Oier The Top 



TWENTY-SliM.X counties m'de their 

 quotas in the December-Janu: ry cam- 

 pai);n to make life insurance available to 

 cverv farm family according tr a late; 

 checkup by the Country Life Insurance Co. 

 riie nine counties that went over the top, 

 in Jan. 1, l''iO. are as follows: 



President Geo. L. Clarke, left, and Vice- 

 Pres. Chas. S. Black 



The Election 



EARl. C. S.MITll was reelected presi- 

 dent of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation for the fifth consecutive year fol- 

 lowing the mammoth banquet in the arm- 

 ory on Thursday night. A. R. Wright of 

 \'arna was elected vice-president to succeed 

 I rank O. Barton who retired. 



.\t the close of Mr. Lowden's address 

 President Sam Thompson, the gray-haired 

 leader of the .\. F. B. F., was introduced. 

 .\fter expressing his congratulations to dcle- 

 s-ates and members for their gre.it meeting, 

 he picked up the gavel and presided while 

 Mr. Smith retired from the platform. 



I",. C. Coulter of .Sangamon county was 

 duly recogni/ed and mounting the platform 

 nominated I arl .Smith for reelection in a 

 few well-chosen words. The nomination 

 was seconded by L. U. Lingcnfeltcr of Pu- 

 laski county. There were no other nomi- 

 nations. The secretary was instructed to 

 cast a unanimous ballot for Mr. Smith. 



J. F,. .\Iuniniert of Fulton county next 

 placed the name of \. R. Wright of Varna 

 in nomination for vice-president which W. 

 I \. .\I(«idy of Rock Island county seconded. 

 Ilierc were no other nominations. The sec- 

 retary was instructed to cast a unanimous 

 ballot for Mr. Wright. 



In like ni.inner elections were held for 

 directors from the 12th, 14th, 1 6th, ISth, 

 20ih, 22nd, and 24th districts. Only three 

 changes were made. Geo. 1). Muller nf 

 W.ishin'.;ion. I.i/ewell county, was elected 

 to till the vacancy left by Mr. Wright in 

 the l(^th district: W. A. Dennis of Paris, 

 Fdgar county, was elected to succeed R. F. 

 Karr in the I'Sth district; and Chas. L. 

 Scott of Grayville. I.dvvards county, was 

 elected to succeed Charles Marshall in the 

 24th district. 



Selling is a game. Its success de- 

 pends largely upon one's mental 

 attitude. — Fred Russell. 



Baseball League Report 



Shows 71 Games in '29 



New Officers Elected, Rules Dis- 

 cussed at Annual Meeting, 

 Springfield 



4 IQTAL of 71 oflicial games were played 

 /"\. by the 21 active Farm Bureau teams 

 in five divisions last year, George Thiem, 

 secretary of the Illinois Farm Burijau Base- 

 ball I eague, reported at the annual meeting 

 in Springfield on Jan. 29. .Approximately 

 100 delegates, ofHcials, players and farm 

 advisers attended. ' 



rhc League operated more smoothly and 

 effectively than at any time in its brief 

 history, said Secretary Thiem. The few 

 controversies that arose were settled with 

 dispatch by the district dictators in most 

 cases and in a few instances by the state 

 arbitr.ition committee composed of the 

 president, vice president, and George L. 

 Clark, director from McLean county. 



"The fact that each team deposited a 

 i2? certified check as a forfeit paid for 

 failure to play scheduled games had a salu- 

 tary effect in promoting regularity and ad- 

 herence to schedules," the report declared. 

 "The rules adopted at tlie spring meeting in 

 Peoria were rigidly enforced." 



The League opened on May 2^. All pre- 

 liminary games were played bv .Xugust 18 

 when Henry, Taze- 

 well, .McDonough, 

 McLean, and Cass 

 were left as the di- 

 vision.il winners to 

 play in the semi- 

 finals. The race fi- 

 nally narrowed down 

 to Tazewell and Mc- 

 Lean. These two 

 teams played the 

 championship game 

 on October 26. .Mc- 

 Lean county won. 



Professionalism Barred 



"The fact that the League is being kept 

 free from professionalism and subsidized 

 players is fortunate," stated the secretary's 

 report. "It is to be hoped that this condition 

 will be fostered in the future for if the 

 teams bllow their desire to win overcome 

 their honesty and devotion to the purposes 

 for which the League was organized, the 

 downfall of organized Farm Bureau base- 

 ball will ultimately result. 



"We can prevent situations like that 

 which developed recently in the Big Ten 

 football conference if the county baseball 

 directors and farm advisers will co-operate 

 in heading off all efforts to subsidize play- 

 ers and twist the rules to their own ad- 

 vantage. The League managers must realize 

 that to win is of secondary interest. To 

 play tlie game fair, abide by the rules, keep 

 the sport clean that it may teach honesty 

 and sportsmanship while providing whole- 

 some recreation is far more important. 



"Unless the county directors, team man- 

 { (Continued on p.if'e 17) 





George Thiem 



