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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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CCL TURAL ASSOCIA 



RECORD 



To advance the purpose /or which the Farm Bureau was organixed. 



namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, 

 a * political, and educational interests oj the farmers of Illinois and the 



' tuition, and to develop agriculture^ 



Editor, George Thiem 



PubliBhed once a month by the Illinois Agricultural Association, 608 

 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Entered as second-class matter October 

 20, 1926, at the post office at Monnt Morris, Illinois, under the Act of 

 March 8, IS79. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage pro- 

 vided for in Section 412, Act of February 28, 1925, authorized October 

 27, 1925. The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association is Ave dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty 

 cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record. 

 Postmaster: In returning an unca'Jed for or missent copy please indi- 

 cate liey number on address as is required by law. , . •. 



OFFICERS •". ; 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger „ _..Xhicago 



Treaaurer, R. A. Cowlea Bloomington 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (By Congressional District) 



Ith _ H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



,. - C. E, Bamborough, Polo 



..M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



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ISth.j A. N. Skinner, Yates City 



16th.] Geo. B. Muller, Washington 



17th..; _ Geo. J. StoII, Chestnut 



IStb.j...J. _ W. A. Dennis, Paris 



I9th.4.„ .C. J. Gross, Atwood 



20th.. ^ _ Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



21 St ,. .Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd.r _ Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



23rd.i ,, W. 1— Cope, Salem 



24th.] _ .Charles L. Scott, Grayville 



2Sth..^ „ Fred Dietz, De Solo 



j DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller J. H. Kelker 



Dairy Marketing _ A. D. Lynch 



Finance ■. R. A, Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing J^ B. Leeper 



Grain Marketing Harrison Fahmkopf 



Information _ _ ...George Thiem 



Insurance Service V. Vaniman 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirlcpatrick 



Limestone-Phosphate _ - J. R. Bent 



Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Offica. „ C. E. Johnston 



Organization „ .._ G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing „ _ F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation _ X. J. Quasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co _ X. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Co-operative Asa'n „...F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



lUinela Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co.. -A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co _ L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



The farm Vote 



RiTURNS from the primaries on Apr. 8 reveal that 

 Illinois farmers again voted to return to the state legis- 

 latuce those candidates whose past records showed them 

 worthy of farm supf)ort. 



\^e are pleased to note that a large majority of the can- 

 didates who voted for farmers' interests in the $6th general 

 assembly were nominated by their ru^al constituents. 



In several senatorial districts the issue was clearly drawn 

 bef«feen candidates who voted for and against constructive 

 revenue legislation designed to relieve farms and homes of 

 part I of their heavy tax burden. The votes cast in the state 

 legislature on several important measures figured promi- 

 nently in local campaigns. The fact that the candidate for 

 the senate in one agricultural district who supported such 

 legislation received the republican nomination over his op- 

 ponent who worked against it, indicates that farmers are 

 givifflg more and more attention to legislative records. 



It! is only by intelligent voting that we will secure ade- 

 quate representation in law-making bodies. ' " ■■■■'■ 



- Legge Stays On 



1\ /TR. LEGGE'S consent to continue as chairman of the 

 -l- »-^ Federal Farm Board for another year assures it leader- 

 ship by a man of marked ability in whom farmers have 

 confidence. ' 



Chairman Legge's sincerity of purpose and desire to do 

 everything possible within the limitations of the Marketing 

 Act for the stabilization of agriculture at satisfactory price 

 levels, is without question. He made a sacrifice in taking 

 his present job which is by far the most difficult he ever 

 tackled. It will yield him small thanks and much criticism 

 if history runs true to form. He can depend on being 

 damned if he does, and cussed if he doesn't. The Board's 

 first year's experience offers proof enough for this- state- 

 ment. The future may accentuate it. 



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Court«sy Chicago Dally News 



Mussolini Aids Farming i - 



'' I "'HE Farm Board's campaign of reduced production in 

 ■*- America is in contrast to the crusade being waged by 

 Mussolini in Italy, the Soviets in Russia, the Germans, and 

 in fact most European countries for increased production. 

 Our trans-Atlantic neighbors are heavily in debt. They 

 propiose to get out by consuming home-grown rations; by 

 buying httle and selling much. Thus, food that once was 

 supplied to European consumers by American farmers, is 

 now produced at home. ' 



Mussohni is enforcing a 20 year old law which proclaims 

 that property implies duties and that if owners do not make 

 use of their landed possessions "so that these possessions 

 shall contribute in promoting national prosperity the state 

 will intervene." Run down farms are being involuntarily 

 turned over to administrators. Read about it on page 14. 



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